October 10/Austin, Texas/Press Release -- Big Red Inc. announced it has acquired the Thomas Kemper Soda Company.
In a sale orchestrated by Kemper investor First Beverage Group, Austin-based marketer of Big Red, All Sport isotonic, NuGrape, Nesbitt’s and other mass-oriented lines will take ownership of Portland, Ore., based boutique soda, which was spun off from Pyramid Brewing about five years ago.